Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 00:35:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 00:35:46 -0400 Received: from 12-224-36-73.client.attbi.com ([12.224.36.73]:59405 "HELO kroah.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 00:35:45 -0400 Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 21:31:35 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Johannes Erdfelt Cc: jt@hpl.hp.com, Linux kernel mailing list , linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] Re: Re : ANN: Linux 2.2 driver compatibility toolkit Message-ID: <20020613043134.GA18360@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20020610174050.A21783@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <3D07D022.5030106@mandrakesoft.com> <20020612162714.A24255@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <20020612233955.GC17306@kroah.com> <20020612165030.A24311@bougret.hpl.hp.com> <20020612235747.GD17306@kroah.com> <20020612203620.K16859@sventech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: Linux 2.2.21 (i586) Reply-By: Thu, 16 May 2002 03:27:45 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 08:36:20PM -0400, Johannes Erdfelt wrote: > On Wed, Jun 12, 2002, Greg KH wrote: > > - change usb_submit_urb and usb_alloc_urb apis > > Do you think it's a good idea to change the API in a stable kernel > series? When it fixes the real problems these api changes offer, yes. I will be fixing up all of the in-kernel references, so I don't see any problem this can cause. Any out-of-kernel drivers will just have to deal with it :) thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/